I attended a small sort of break out meeting of National Speaker Association members, professional speakers and wannabes a few weeks ago.

At the beginning of the meeting the organizer brought out a flip chart and asked everyone present to pitch in on a brainstorming exercise.

The question was – what do professional speakers need most.

In this post I will list up what the group came up with – except for the few where I can’t read my writing.

In future posts I will dive into each and tell you how I think the professional cruise ship speaker can improve.

The list:

Marketing team

Web skills

Belief in content

Persistence

Networking skills

Support system

Evoke emotions

Confidence

Belief in self

Optimism

Active listener

Unique

Props

Ethical

Integrity

In service

Storyteller

Authentic

Experienced

Expert

Empowering

Riveting

Presence

Engaging

Effective Business Model.

The next question was – where are your strengths followed by where are your weaknesses?

This list is not exhaustive. I can think of other qualities to add to the list – use of props, outlining skills, finds the right audience, is found by the right audience and and ….

How about you? What are you strengths? What are your weaknesses?

More importantly, how do you improve your weaknesses?
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if we can help you improve.